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Vergil · Aeneid VII

Aeneid 7.192–211

Latinus welcomes the Trojans

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Aen. 7.192Tālī intus templō dīvom patriāque Latīnus
sēde sedēns Teucrōs ad sēsē in tēcta vocāvit,
atque haec ingressīs placidō prior ēdidit ōre:
195Dīcite, Dardanidae (neque enim nescīmus et urbem
et genus, audītīque advertitis aequore cursum),
quid petitis ?
In such a temple of the gods, seated on his ancestral throne, Latinus called the Teucrians to him into the palace, and as they entered he spoke first, with a calm face: 'Tell me, sons of Dardanus (for we do not fail to know your city and your race, and we had heard of you before you turned your course over the sea), what do you seek?
Aen. 7.197Quae causā ratēs aut cuius egentīs
lītus ad Ausonium tot per vada caerula vexit?
What cause, or what need, has carried your ships to the Ausonian shore over so many blue waters?
Aen. 7.199Sīve errōre viae seu tempestātibus āctī,
200quālia multa marī nautae patiuntur in altō,
flūminis intrāstis rīpās portūque sedētis,
nē fugite hospitium nēve ignōrāte Latīnōs
Sāturnī gentem, haud vinclō nec lēgibus aequam,
sponte suā veterisque deī sē mōre tenentem.
Whether you have entered the river's banks and lie in our harbour driven by a mistake of the way or by storms, such as sailors often suffer on the deep sea, do not shun our hospitality, and do not fail to know the Latins, the people of Saturn, upright not through constraint or laws but of their own free will, keeping to the custom of the ancient god.

Aen. 7.205Atque equidem meminī (fāma est obscūrior annīs)
Auruncōs ita ferre senēs, hīs ortus ut agrīs
Dardanus Īdaeās Phrygiae penetrāvit ad urbēs
Thrēiciamque Samum, quae nunc Samothrācia fertur.
And indeed I remember (the story is dimmer through the years) that the old men of the Aurunci told how Dardanus, born in these lands, made his way to the Idaean cities of Phrygia and to Thracian Samos, which is now called Samothrace.
Aen. 7.209Hinc illum, Corythī Tyrrhēnā ab sēde profectum,
210aurea nunc soliō stēllantis rēgia caelī
accipit et numerum dīvōrum altāribus auget.
From here he set out, from the Tyrrhenian home of Corythus, and now the golden palace of the starry heaven receives him on a throne, and with his altars he swells the number of the gods.'

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (111 words)
tālis, -esuch
intus (adv.)inside, within
templum, -ī, n.sanctuary, temple
dīvus, -ī m. (gen. pl. also dīvum, dīvom)god
patrius, -a, -umof one's fathers, ancestral
que, enclitic conj.and
sēdēs, -is, f.seat, abode
sedeō, sedēre, sēdī, sessussit
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
tēctum, -ī n.roof; house
vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscall, summon
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
ingredior, -ī, ingressus sumgo into, enter
placidus, -a, -umcalm, gentle
prior, priusearlier, former; in front (priōrēs: those in front)
ēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditusput forth, give out, utter
ōs, ōris, n.mouth
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictussay, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
enim, conj.for
nesciō, -scīre, -scīvīnot know, be ignorant; nesciō quis, I know not who, some one or other (nesciō is thus used with other interrogative words also)
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
urbs, urbis, f.city
genus, generis, n.kind, nature
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītushear; listen or attend to
advertō, -ere, advertī, adversumturn toward (animum advertere: notice)
aequor, -oris n.level surface; the sea
cursus, -ūs, m.running, speed; course, route, voyage; race
quis, quid, interrog. pron.who? which? what?
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītusseek, ask; attack
quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj.what?
causa, -ae, f.cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of
ratis, -is f.raft
aut, conj.or; aut ... aut, either ... or
egeō, -ēre, eguī (+ abl. or gen.)need, lack, be in want of
lītus, lītoris, n.shore
Ausonius, -a, -umAusonian, Italian (Ausonia: a poetic name for Italy)
tot (indecl.)so many
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
vadum, -ī n.ford, shallow place
caeruleus, -a, -umdark blue
vehō, vehere, vexī, vectuscarry
sīve or seu, conj.or if; sīve ... sīve, whether ... or
error, -ōris m.wandering; mistake, error
via, -ae, f.road, way
sīve or seu, conj.or if; sīve ... sīve, whether ... or
tempestās, -tātis, f.weather; storm, tempest
agō, agere, ēgī, āctusdrive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia
quālis, -eof what sort? what kind of?
multus, -a, -ummuch, great; plur., many
mare, maris, n.sea
nauta, -ae, m.sailor
patior, patī, passus, bearsuffer, allow
altum, -ī n.the deep, the open sea; a height
flūmen, -minis, n.river
intrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusgo within or into, enter
rīpa, -ae, f.bank
portus, -ūs, m.harbor, haven, port
nē, adv.not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrusflee, run away
hospitium, -ī, n.hospitality
nēve or neu, conj.and that not, and not, nor
ignōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusbe ignorant of
Latīnus, -a, -umLatin
gēns, gentis, f.race, nation
haud, adv.not at all, by no means, not
vinclum (vinculum), -ī n.bond, chain, fetter; tie
lēx, lēgis f.law
aequus, -a, -umlevel; equal; fair
sponte, f. abl. sing., modified by meā, tuā, suāof one's own accord, voluntarily
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
vetus, veterisold, former
deus, -ī, m.god
mōs, mōris, m.way, manner, habit, custom
teneō, -ēre, -uī, -tushold, keep; hold back, restrain, stop
equidem (adv.)indeed, truly; for my part
meminī, meminisseremember
fāma, -ae, f.report, rumor
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
obscūrus, -a, -umdark
annus, -ī, m.year
Auruncus, -a, -umAuruncan, of the Aurunci (an ancient people of Latium)
ita, adv.in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātusbear, bring
senex, senis, m.old man
orior, -īrī, -tusarise, come forth, spring up; ortā lūce, at dawn
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
ager, agri, m.field, land
Dardanus, -a, -umDardanian, Trojan
Īdaeus, -a, -umof Mount Ida (near Troy)
penetrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusmake one's way into, penetrate, reach
Thrēicius, -a, -umThracian
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
nunc, adv.now
hinc, adv.from this place, hence
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
Tyrrhēnus, -a, -umEtruscan; mare Tyrrhēnum: the sea west of Italy
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sumset out, depart, march
aureus, -a, -umof gold, golden
solium, -ī, n.seat, throne
stēllō, -ārebe starry; stellans: starry, star-studded
rēgia, -ae, f.palace
caelum, -ī, n.heaven, sky
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptustake to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer
numerus, -ī, m.number
altāria, -ium n. pl.altar
augeō, -ēre, auxī, auctumincrease, enlarge
Vergil, Aeneid VII. Latin text: J. B. Greenough, The Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Virgil (Boston, 1881), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.